Metallic roofing



(No Model.)

L; L. SAGENDORPH. METALLIC ROOPING'GLEA'VI'.

A.Pamfexitecl June 18, 18819.

frz yan1' Dr' siren" HALF T() Cil-[ARLES N. HARDER, OF llillilfiONT,NEWT YORK.

srnorrronrron forming'part or Leners eaten-f; no: tennessee? mis; ieee.I v Application filed MarchAZ, 1889. Serial blo. 30%70'7. (lio model.)

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that i, Lo'NeLnv Lewis SAG ENDORPH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of il'aniil.M

ton, State of Ohio, have invented certain Iniprovenients in MetallicRoofing-Cleats, of which the followingl is a specification, referencebeing lhad to tbe' accompanying drawings, in Which--4 1o Figure l is aplan view of the blank from which the cleat is formed. VFig. 2 is an endelevation of the cleat bent as shown in Fig.` 3. Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the cleat doubled on itself at the dotted line shown inFig. 1. Fig. e is an end View of the cleat with the tongue portions bentto position, and Fie. 5 is a side elevation of cleat shown in 'Fire 4.Figsr (i and...7 are end and side views, respectively, of a slightmodification ,zo of my improved c1eat, the main or body portion of thecleat not being doubled, as shown in the preceding Iigures. Figs. 8 and9 are top and side views, respectively, showing the application of myimproved cleat to a stand ing-seemed roof, the left-hand side showingthe cleat in position over one of the standing side flanges of theroofing-sheet before the overlapping ange of the adjacent sheet is putto place over the body portion of the cleat, 3o and the right-hand sideof said 'views show-4 ing the tWo sheets connected by Amy cleat.

The cleat, as preferably construeted, is v'stamped from suitable metalin substantially the forni shown in Fig. l, and having a body portion A,with the tongue-extensionsl li and B extending from opposite sides ofthe body portion A at' an angle thereto, but in a dit'- ferent planewhen placed in a vertical. position, the whole when stamped ont andbefore being bent forming a lm-slapod figure.

As shown in the drawings, (excepting l `igs.

6 and 7,) the body portion A is bent or doubled on itself, said doubledportion being adapted to tit over and engage tliestanding ange d of theroofing-sheet- D, as shown at left hand in Figs. 8 and D. The cleat being folded or doubled, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the tongue portions Band B are next bent outward, as shown in Figs. i and 5, when the cleatis ready to be applied to the -after which the tongue B is bentup andover the iiange d', as shown at right .hand in 8 and 9, and pressedtightly -to place with 'suitable tongs. in this manner the toproofing-sl1eet is securely locked to the lower one, o5 which in turn isattached to the sheeting in the manner atore described.

In FigsfG and 7 l have s'iiovrn 'a eleat sligiitly inoditied freintliatifustldescribed,

and consists in bendinT the tongue lgortions 7e out from the sides ofthe body portion A on a line with its outer edges, in whieli ease thebody portion is not doubled.

l't is preferred to bend the overlapping tongue Bout at au angle abovetlieplane of 7 5 the other tongue B/,as shown in Figsk d, G, and 9, inwhich case the lower edge'o't the overlapping flange d of sheet D Wiilextend down only about two-thirds the heigiit of the stand ing seam, assliown at right lrand in Fig. Si. 8o

The advantages of my improved :rooting cleat consist: First, it avoids adonibling ot the metal on aline with tne fasteningetongne, and thus doesawaywitli the capillary attraction, which would otherwise draw moistureS5 down around the :fastening-tongue B" and decompose tire sheeting toWliieh it is oonneeted, which in course oi, time Wilt @anse the roof tobecome loose; seeond, it ailords aeon venient means for connectingsheets Where a oo joint is formed at ends thereof, as the body portion dmay be pl eed oi tiie iei 1,tiins dispensing with an e., .ra elt i. enlz: cleats maybe shipped in a nipaot torni and bentafter a :iving atdestination.

lifhat l claim as new, and desire te seou1e by Letters Patent, is

l. A. nietallieroofing-cleat consisting et' a body portion Aand tonguesB and B, tbe latter extending out from opposite sides ot me seid Aooiyportion and in different plenes 'A and tongues B and B', seid bodyportion snbstentialiyas shown and set forth. of the cleat resting overthe iiange d, and L. A metallic roofinb-cioat having a body flange doverlapping the body portion of the portion A, doubled on itself, andtongues B c1eat,.the tongue B overlapping and engage' y 5 and B',extending out from opposite sides of ing the fiamge d in a horizontalplaine differ- 15 -said body portion, and in different planes, ing fromtongue B', substantially as set forth.

substantially es sot forth. LONGLEY LEWIS SAGENDORPH.

3. n Combination with tiieroong-plais Witnesses: having the standingiztnge o' and overlap- CHRIS .V. SCHERVECK,

Io inn flauwe/d e, oieet imvin' eJ bod f )ortion W'. NICKMEIER. D C 7 t5l y

